238 MANDIDULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



2. Elytra maculated. 



Sp. 38. lituratus. Ater, capiie thoraceque j]oliiis, cli/tris piceis linea discoidali 



obscurd rubra, pedibus aniicis bast tesiaceis. (Long. corp. 2^: — 3 lin.) 

 St. lituratus. Kirby MSS.—Vh. lituratus. Steph. Caial. 281. No. 2992. 



Black : head and thorax shining, with the ordinary punctures : elytra pitchy, 

 with an obscure red line on the disc, not dilated behind, and sometimes nearly 

 obsolete: legs pitchy-hlack, the anterior coxa: testaceous: antennte rather long 

 and slender. 



Found, not uncommonly, within the metropolitan district ; and in 

 Devonshire and Suffolk. " Not uncommon (near Swansea)." — L. 

 W. Dillwyn, Esq. " Near Edinburgh."— i?eu. W. Little. 



Sp. 39. bipustulatus. Ater, capite, thoraceque politis, eJytris liturd discoidali 



rubra. (Long. corp. 3 — 3§ lin.) 

 St. bipustulatus. Fabricius. — Ph. bipustulatus. Steph. Catal. 281. iVo. 2993. 



— St. bimaculatus. Marsham, i. 525. 



Black : head and thorax shining, smooth, with the ordinary punctures, the 

 former subcordate, about half the width of the latter : elytra very much 

 punctulated, pubescent, black, each with a somewhat obscure red streak on 

 the disc, widest behind : legs and antennae black, the latter filiform. 



Not uncommon within the metropolitan district ; also taken in 

 Suffolk. " On Crwmlyn-burrows, not very uncommon." — L. W. 

 Dillwyn, Esq. " Edinburgh." — Rev. W. Little. 



Sp. 40. aciculatus. Angustior, ater, nitidus, elytris liturd obliqud rubra, Jemo- 



ribus anticis testaceis. (Long. corp. 3 J lin.) 

 Ph. aciculatus. Steph. Catal. 281. No. 2994. 



Slender, black, shining : head broad, orbiculate, and with the thorax very 

 glossy : elytra pubescent, dark pitchy, rather obscure, each with an oblique 

 red streak, reaching from the shoulder to the inner apex of the suture : 

 abdomen very acute at the tip : legs black, with the anterior femora 

 testaceous. 



Found near London : not common. 



Sp. 41. sanguinolentus. Niger, capite thoraceque nitidis, coleoptris lineoUs 



duabus suturdque postice rufis. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 

 St. sanguinolentus. Gravenhorst. — Ph. sanguinolentus. Steph. Catal. 281. 



No. 2995. 



Black : head and thorax shining ; femora with rather deep puncture on each 

 side ; the latter with ten punctures on the disc, disposed in two parallel 

 lines, three on each side between those and the margins, placed obliquely, 

 and three others towards the outer anterior angle : elytra rather obscure. 



